Nature Center trip

 Our Saturdays have been busy.  A couple of Saturdays ago, my two little scouts and I made a trip to a nature center in Delaware.  Yes, I wondered the same thing......aren't there nature centers in my area instead of having to go on a 2 hour drive.  Well, I guess we don't have a nature center like the one we visited.

It was a really long day but the boys earned 2 badges and parts of other badges.  So the 2 hour drive there and the 2 hour drive back was definitely worth it.

Our morning started at 7:30 and we didn't get home until 9pm.  We rode with the our den leader and we had 5 boys in the car.

We were fortunate that our weather was a little chilly to begin (it was mainly cold and rainy in Baltimore) with but the sun did end up coming out for a large part of the day.  As the sun set it did get a little chilly  but we were inside for the last part.

Our leader at the nature center was awesome.  He was with the 20 scouts and parents all day.  We all learned so much.  The boys learned about the various types of trees and their uses.  The common theme was that most plants are not good for you.  There are also many poisinous plants around. 

The boys were also able to net out sand from the stream to find different insects and organisms.  That was a lot of fun and luckily all boys managed to stay dry.

We had breaks for lunch and dinner and a bit of play time in between.  The boys had a blast.  The ride home was really quiet.

I am not sure what E is doing....I think he is pondering something

Jay with his friends

The praying mantis stayed in the leader's hair for a really long time.



This is a fungus on the tree.....just in case you wanted to know.



I was really dreading the trip, driving two hours and not sure what the dinner was going to be like.  But it ended up being a great trip.  I am glad the boys have stuck with scouting at least for now. 

This past Saturday was also really fun......more on that later.